# infinito
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian. Doublet of infinite.

### Adjective

infinito (not comparable)
* (music) infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “infinito”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin īnfīnītus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /in.fiˈni.to/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ito
* Hyphenation: in‧fi‧nì‧to

### Adjective

infinito (feminine infinita, masculine plural infiniti, feminine plural infinite)
* infinite
* boundless, unlimited, unbounded, immeasurable
* endless, countless
* (grammar) infinite

#### Synonyms

* enorme
* eterno
* illimitato
* immortale
* incommensurabile
* innumerevole
* interminabile
* perenne
* sconfinato
* smisurato
* sterminato

#### Antonyms

* finito
* limitato

#### Derived terms

* infinità
* infinitamente
* infinitesimo
* infinitezza
* infinitivale
* infinitivo

#### Descendants

* → Maltese: infinit

### Noun

infinito m (plural infiniti)
* infinity, endlessness
    Synonyms: cosmo, creato, spazio, universo
    all'infinito ― endlessly, forever; in the infinitive
* (grammar) infinitive mood
    Hyponyms: infinito presente, infinito passato

### Further reading

* infinito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Adjective

īnfīnītō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfīnītus

### References

* infinito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* infinito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* infinitivo (infinitive)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfīnītus. Doublet of infindo, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ĩ.fiˈni.tu/
* Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧to

### Adjective

infinito (feminine infinita, masculine plural infinitos, feminine plural infinitas)
* infinite (boundless, endless)

### Noun

infinito m (plural infinitos)
* (grammar) infinitive (non-finite verb form)
* (uncountable) infinity (endlessness or unlimitedness)

### Related terms

* infinidade

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin īnfīnītus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /infiˈnito/ [ĩɱ.fiˈni.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: in‧fi‧ni‧to

### Adjective

infinito (feminine infinita, masculine plural infinitos, feminine plural infinitas)
* infinite
* unlimited, boundless, unbounded
    Synonym: ilimitado
* endless, countless
    Synonym: incontable
* immeasurable
    Synonym: inmensurable

#### Derived terms

* recursividad infinita

### Adverb

infinito
* immensely; hugely; infinitely; big-time
    vamos a celebrarlo infinitowe're going to celebrate big-time

### Noun

infinito m (plural infinitos)
* infinity
    Synonym: infinidad

#### Derived terms

* al infinito

#### Related terms

* infinitud

### Further reading

* “infinito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10